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, A. WISH.
If you might only have, love,
The sunshine and the flowers,
And I the cold and loneliness
Of dreary, wintry hours;
If every sweetness in my life
e Might answer to your claim,
And I could bear whatever loss,
Whatever wrong or pain.
Would otherwise fall you, love,
As falls the autumn rain;
I think I could not ask, love,
For any happier hours
Than just to know God sent to you
The sunshine and the flowers.
—Lilian Whiting.
Splinter’s Predicament.
To be sure, John Haveretraw Splinter
had frequently heard of the young man
who awoke one morning to find himself
famous, but until that eventful day two
years ago, when Splinter returnod from
his vacation to find himself in exactly
the same predicament, he had not thought
much about this particular young man
either in one way or another. Hitherto
Splinter had thought of this person
much as he thought of Mother Goose and
the sea serpent, whom ho regarded as
excellent individuals in their way, no
doubt, but a little shady to believe in.
But as Splinter sat there in his com
fortable apartments on that September
day and strove to realize something of
the “burden of this honor unto which he
was not born,” he wished that the young
man who woke up, etc., were with him
in the flesh at that moment, to help pilot
him along the snaggy channel which he
had before him.
But the most unique part of the whole
affair was that Splinter had not the re
motest thing to do with this sudden
leap into fame. He left the city early in
June a very ordinary little doctor, intent
on building up a practice; and ever
since, except for two short—and too
short—weeks at Newport, he had been
buried in a little fishing village away
down on the coast of Maine. He had
gone there to study, and therefore he
had left newspapers, good story books
and correspondence behind. As far as
the story books went, it caused him no
self denial to forego them. Splinter
didn’t believe in them; he considered
them very useless, if not absolutely per
nicious. Therefore it can be seen the
more easily that his present situation was
a particularly trying one to a man of his
way of thinking.
A novel had lately dawned upon the
literary horizon with the somewhat
singular title of “The Girl With the
Psyche Knot.” It was an effusion in a
paper cover, and it had a picture of the
heroine, with her hair screwed up into a
Pysche knot, adorning the front page.
Just below it large red letters announced
that its author was .7. Ilaverstraw Splin
ter. . Now aboard the train the night
pretious, Splinter had read a criticism
'of this novel, in one of the evening
papers. This paper spoke in the highest
terms of its undeniable cleverness, and
brought its article to a close with the
following little eulogy: “To readers
jaded with our recent glut of effeminate
effusions, ‘The Girl With a Pysche Knot’
'"id come like a whiff of sea breeze.
There is an unmistakable smack of
masculinity about this little book, which
unconsciously proclaims its author to be
a thorough man of the world. Mr. J.
Ilaverstraw Splinter possesses the virtue,
so rare in our day, of writing of what he
knows.”
Now, when Splinter saw his name so
unexpectedly in print, it gave him quite
a little start, but never for one instant
did he realize that it wa3 to his identical
self that the article referred. He did
think it very singular that there should
be such a resemblance in the two names.
But then, while his first cognomen was
plain John, that indefinite “J.” in the
authors signature offered unlimited
grounds for difference. It might be
James, or eveu Joseph, and possibly
Jeremiah. It was odd about the rest of
the name, but perhaps this author chap
belonged to some distant branch of the
Splinter clan. John decided that he'd
ask Aunt Samantha about it in his next
letter. And with that he resumed his
perusal of “Tie Philosophy of Living.”
It was not till he had reached his lodrr
ings in the morning, and had perused a
few of the hundreds of letters which lie
found awaiting him, that the full signifi
cance of the situation dawned upon his
bewildered mind. There were letteis in
every sort of handwriting, and by far the
greater part of them were from people
that he had never even heard of. Two
or three of them were from publishers,
offering liberal terms for his next novel.
At last he found a letter the handwriting
of which was familiar. Coutinuiug his
search until the bottom of the pile was,
reached, he found, in all, four letters !
which he laid aside. One was from Miss
fry, a wealthy patient of his; another
v 33 from Frank Dexter, his greatest
chum, and the other two, bearing Cana
dian postmarks, were from Aunt Saman- j
*ha and his pretty little cousin, Rosie. j
lie opened Mies Fry's letter first.
"Sir, it began—and at sight of its
unvsual form of address, Splinter fairly
groaned iu spirit—“ Sir: My sisters and
myself would be greatly obliged if you’:
Mould favor us wdth our account at your j
very earliest convenience. We find our- !
selves the victims of a confidence wholly
misplaced. We had no idea that you
combined with your medical practice a
capacity for writing novels. My* sisters 1
aud I have considered you far above the '
flippancy and worldly tendencies of the
average medical student. It is with deep
mortification that we uow discover that
the man whom we had trusted i guilty
of writing an obnoxious novel, which i
now is on sale at the bookstall just across
the way.”
_ Then came the signature, “Catharine :
Try, ’ and Splinter could see the icicles !
upon it. And then this postscript:
"My sisters and I beg to assure yon that j
we have not read it. Its cover alone, j
however, is sufficient to make us desire 1
to meet its author hereafter as a stran
ger. Splinter gave vent to a long, low ;
whistle, and then tore open the letter
from Frank. It was a lona letter, cov- i
ering many pages, but when he had
finished it Splinter’s face was a sight to
behold. Beginning in rather a sarcastic!
tone it gradually veered into righteous
indignation. There was a time, wrote
Dexter, when he really flattered himself
that he enjoyed Splinter's full confidence.
He had lived to see his mistake. But,
of course, if Splinter did not wish to
make his friends aware of the fact of
his writing, he had a perfect nght to
keep his own counsel. When, however,
for lack of an original idea he had taken
the incidents of an affair from real life,
which had"been confided to him under
conditions of the strictest secrecy, and
had used them in the most barefaced
manner for the plot of his novel, it was
about time for some one to characterize
him as an unmitigated cad. Dexter
then went on to regret that dueling had
gone so hopelessly out of vogue. He
hinted darkly that had things but been
otherwise he should have certainly called
him out. As the matter stood, however,
he cautioned Splinter to make his prep
arations for a horsewhipping on sight.
Aunt Samantha’s missive was short
but extremely to the point.
John' ; I didn't believe that you had enough
in you to write a book of any sort, let alone
a novel. I read the book and laughed over
it and thought that old frump, Lady Ther
mopylae, a perfect idiot. And now all my
friends here tell me that it’s a capital portrait
of me. That’s what I cannot forgive you—
making fun of your poor old aunt! And for
myself I can’t perceive the slightest re
semblance except that red tie which you
make Lady Thermopylae wear, and which
you most irreverently call the “Danger
Signal.” There I do recognize a touch of
local color. I’d have forgiven that if you
had made me a little less ot a shrew. Hence
forth you are no longer my nephew. I wash
my hands of you entirely, and dear little
Rosie is now to bo my heir. Your aunt,
that was, but is no longer,
Samantha Plitn-kett.
Splinter lay back in his chair and
fairly gasped. Had every successful
novelist an ordeal of this sort to go
through? Did their patients forsake
them if they happened to be doctors,did
the one relative they possessed
disinherit them, and did their bosom
friend—that was the worst cut of all! If
it hadn’t been for this misunderstanding
with Dexter, Splinter could have felt,
comparatively speaking, light-hearted.
He could exist without the patronage of
the Misses Fry, and he knew quite well
that some of these days Rosie would be
putting her hair up or wearing a four-in
hand or incurring Aunt Samantha's
anger in some other peculiar way, and
then it would be his turn to be in favor
again. He knew Aunt Samantha thor
oughly. But this other misunderstand
ing he took very much to heart.
“What on earth does he mean about
my betraying his confidence?” groaned
Splinter to himself. “I never breathed
that affair of his to a living soul. And
yet—wait a bit, now—l did, too, after a
fashion. It was last summer up at Aunt
Samantha’s. Rosie was in the hammock
half asleep, and she asked me to tell her
a story to liven her up a bit. And so I
began with ‘Once upon a time I knew a
fellow’—and then, half unconsciously,
Frank's story slipped out bit by bit. I
changed the surroundings and did not
mention any names whatever. It’s Rosie
—that’s who is at the bottom of this
whole affair!”
Splinter jumped up and walked dis
tractedly up and down the room. Pres
ently, when he grew calmer, he opened
Rosie’s letter:
My Dear Old John: Well,old fellow, and
how do you take your new honors? Think
of you as a novelist! And you have brought
it alloa yourßelf, you know. You mustu’t
blame poor little me, tor 1 wrote and gave
you fair warning that X was going to use
your name, and! took your silence for con
sent. Hose Plunkett—that’s so dreadfully
prosaic. No wonder they wouldn't take my
stories. Then, oa the other liand, J. Haver
straw Splinter is so imposing. I’m sure vou
ought to feel very grateful toward me. John,
dear, as Aunt Samantha is so fond of saying,
you are not naturally of the pushing sort. I
doubt if you would ever have had a great
name if it hadn’t b3eu for me. And now
I’ve just one littlo favor to ask of you. Don’t
peacn on me, John, dear; at all events not
until ina tantegetsa litt e more settled down.
I was very indiscreet to introduce that little
“Danger Signal.” I never saw auntie in such
a rage in all my life, and that’s saying a good
deal, yon know. Sne says she will never set
eyes on you again, so you see, do ir, that if
sue were to get the slightest inkling of the
truth, just imagine the life I’d lead. It’s not
very much to ask, seeing that you are so far
away from the volcano. And so, Jehu, for
the present, at all events, you must take the
honors showered upon you. and remain un
obtrusively mum. Youratfectionatecousin,
Rosie.
Now, Rosie was a very nice—a most
* particularly nice, little girl, Splinter used
to think, until he paid that memorable
visit to Newport. If it hadn’t been for
that visit to Newport there's no telling
what might have happened in time
Eveu now he would do a great deal for
Itosie, aud, of course, he must grant her
request. It was awkward, very; but he
would write to Frank and tell him that
in the course of a week’s time he would
:be able to clear himself. Then he’d run
up to Canada for s day or two and con-
I suit with Rosio about the course they
j should pursue.
There was a rap at the door and a
: note w'as handed in. It was written
; from Newport, and said briefly that
j mamma and the writer would be in. town
| on the morrow and wouldn’t Mr. Splinter
come and dine with them. They were
both so charmed to hear of Mr. Splin
ter's success. Oh, why haun t he taken
her into his confidence. She would have
delighted so iu reading his manuscript.
They had not read “The Girl With the
Psyche Knot” yet, for you could not ob
tain a copy of it at Newport for love or
money. They would get copies as soon
as they reached the city, however, and
by dinner time they would be fully quali
fied to sit in judgment on it. He must
come. The letter was signed “Viola
Lansing,” and Splinter read it through
delightfully several times.
After all, such a predicament as this
had its advantages. It would certainly
advance him in Viola's good graces,
and of course it wasn’t strictly honest
nor above board to steal her affections
in this manner. But Splinter was only
mortal and the temptation vary great.
“I suppose it would be as well to
read the book myself,” he thought
at last. “It would be rather a
singular thing for an author to know
nothing about his own book."
So he went out to the bookstall and
asked for a copy of “The Girl with the
Psyche Knot.”
“All sold out,” exclaimed tho boy:
but as Splinter turned away he called
out: “Hold on a bit. I’m reading it
myself. I’ve just got two more pages to
finish it. Then you can have it for half
price, as the cover's off.”
Splinter agreed to the proposition, and
presently returned to his rooms with the
torn volume under his arm. He sat down
in the easy chair and begau to read. Tho
first chapter he was rather inclined to
carp at, but after that he became so ab
sorbed that before he knew it it was six
o’clock.
Dressing hastily he proceeded to the
Lansing's apartment, and there to his
dismay he met Frank Dexter. The ladies
had not yet put in an appearance, and
Frank was strumming upon the piano to
while away the time. Splinter came to
ward him and held his hand out.
“Isay, Frank, old man,” he exclaimed,
“I got that letter of yours. But it’s not
true what you think of me—really it’s
not. Trust me just for a day or two, old
fellow, and I will then be able to explain
everything.”
Dexter rose from the piano and stood
facing him, with a stern look upon his
face. “It’s not one of those things which
admit of an explanation. For a quarter
I can buy my little romance done up in a
paper cover. You've changed the names
and the color of my hair. That’s about
all the difference there is between the
fact and the fiction. But this is no place
to discuss this matter. I’ll see you again.
I’d no idea you were coming hero to
night.”
The ladies came in presently, and after
Mr. Splinter had submitted to effusive
compliments from both of them, Mrs.
Lansing suddenly exclaimed: “Some
thing’s happened to the cook, you know’,
and dinner isn’t ready. Mr. Spliuter, I
leave Viola here to entertain you, and as
for you Frank, do play something, like
a good fellow. As for me, I want to
finish ‘The Girl.’ It’s perfectly delight
ful.”
So Viola and Splinter strolled into the
other room and sat there talking for a
long time. Miss Lansing did not know
when she had enjoyed a book so much,
it was so original you know, so unique.
Spliuter knew that such au opportun
ity would probably never occur again.
Dexter was singing, and therefore their
remarks were in no danger of being over
heard. While Dextr in his sonorous tenor
was informing the community at large
that he was “O’Donohue of the Square,”
John Ilaverstraw Splintor asked Viola
Lansing to be his wife.
She blushed, of course, and hung her
head down, but before she could give
any definite answmr, Mrs. Lansing broke
in suddenly upon them. Mrs. Lansing's
pleased appearance had undergone a sud
den change. She looked unmistakably
angry as she advanced toward them with a
copy of the novel open at the front page
in her hand.
“Mr. Splinter,” she exclaimed, “is
this true? Are you really a married man?”
“What, mammal” cried Viola, spring
ing to her feet.
“Why, my dear Mrs. Lansing, of
course not. What makes you think——”
“Indeed! Then how does it happen
that you have dedicated this novel to
your wife? Read that, Viola.”
She held the book up so that both of
them could see and pointed with her
forefinger to an inscription on the opening
page.
“To my wife, whose unwavering love
has ever proved my source of inspiration,
this little volume is affectionately in
scribed by the author.”
For just one instant Splinter stood
there striving vainly to frame some words
of excuse. Then, as Viola fell fainting
into her mother’s arms, he tore into the
hall and, seizing his hat, rushed breath
lessly from the house.
That night, and the day that followed,
seem ail a blur to Splinter. He boarded
a train, he remembers, a & d after a long j
journey he reached Rosie's home.
The servant! said that she was down
in the garden, and there he found her
curled up cosily in the hammock looking
prettier than ever. There was a bunch
of dog roses pinned into her belt, and
somehow ail of a sudden, the charms of
Viola began to wane.
“Why, John, you dear old fellow!”
she cried, “where under the sun have
you dropped from?”
And then Splinter sat down there and
told her of all his troubles from begin
ning to end—all except the Lansing
episode, which he omitted for reasons
of his own. And when ho had fin
ished there iv%re actually tears in her
eyes.
“On, I’m so awfully, awfully sorry,
John," she said. “I was very" foolish,
but I wanted to make the people think
that it was actually written by a man.
! And so I did everything I could to even
down to that dedication. And yours
was such a lovely long name, John, that
I ”
They went up to the house in a little
while after that and had an interview
with Aunt Samantha. Then a long let
ter was written to Frank and another to
Mrs Lansing. After that Splinter came
to the conclusion, seconded by Aunt Sa
mantha, that he might as well stay there
for a week or two.
It was about a week later that when
they were down by the hammock again
Splinter remarked:
“I say, Rosie.”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember what you said
about my name being so long?”
“Yes, John.”
“I say, Rosie.”
“Yes, John—what?”
“Do you think it's long enough for
two?”
After a little consideration, Rosie said
that she though it was, and then Splinter
said that he’d ask Frank to be his best
man—only, of course, there must be no
more novel writing, you know.
Rosie agreed, and what's more, she has
kept her word.
Nowadays there’s a little scrap of very
red humanity around the house, whiph
succeeds in keeping her hands full. As
for Aunt Samantha, she considers its the
most marvellous child that ever was
born. It was only last night, that, glanc
ing from the baby, asleep in its cot, to
John Ilaverstraw, reading his newspaper,
she exclaimed to Rosie:
“Now, take my word for it, Rosie,
that child will prove a chip of the old
block.”
But Rosie, shaking her head, answered
with a laugh: “Not a chip, auutie—just
a splinter.” —New York Sun.
The Carol) Tree.
The carob is a widely-distributed
plant of the Mediterranean Basin from
Spain to the Orient, but more especially
of Northern Africa, where it grows in nil
sorts of soils and situations from the
slopes of the driest limestone mountains
to the most fertile oases. It is not com -
rnon, however, even iu Algeria or in
Tunis, aud grows as an isolated specie
men. The carob is one of the most
beautiful and useful trees of the coun
tries which it inhabits. It grows to tho
height of forty or fifty feet, with a stout
trunk, and a compact head of dark
green, lustrous evergreen foliage. The
flowers lire not at all conspicuous or
resembling somewhat in size and
arrangement those of our three-thorned
acacias, to which the carob is rather
closely related botanically. The fruit is
a thickly-curved pod, and wheu it is ripe
the seeds aro incased in a sweet pulp,
which is eaten by the people of the coun
tries where the tree is found. The great
value of the fruit of this tree, however,
is to feed to horses and hogs, w’hich fat
ten on them rapidly; and great quanti
ties of carob pods are exported from
Crete and other Eastern countries to Cen
tral and Northern Europe, especially to
Great Britain, for this purpose. The
pulp has been found to contain fifi per
cent, of pure sugar and gum, and it has
been used in the manufacture of sirups,
liquors and an imitation of chocolate,and
by the Egyptians in preparing a sort o
sugar used by the Arabs; tho pods, too
are preserved iu the same manner that
the pods of the tamarind are preserved in
India and other tropical countries.
There is considerable historical inter
est attached to the careb. The fruit was
once supposad to be the fruit which sup
ported St. John in the wilderness, the
the seeds being held to mean “locusts”
and the pulp “wild honey,” so the tree
or its fruit came to be called “St. John’s
bread,” and tho dry valves of the pod
have been considered the husks the prod
igal son longed for ill the last stages of
his misery and starvation.
The wood of tiie carob is hard, heavy,
very durable and of a handsome rose
color. It is admirable furniture wood
and is used locally for carts and agricul
tural implements. Its rarity is the only
cause which prevents it from being used
very gen rally in construction aud the
arts.
The carob, as it flourishes in all sorts
of soil, and is able to withstand drought
and other hardships, is often planted,
especially in the Orient and in Africa,
for the grateful shade its heavy foliage
affords, as well ns for its valuable fruit.
This tree was early introduced by the
Spaniards into Mexico and South Amer
ica, and the experiments which have heed
made of late years with this tree in Cali
fornia seem to indicate that it may be
depended on in that State, where its mori
general cultivation on ground too stony
or too sterile to produce other crops can
be recommended. —Garden and Forest.
Castigated in liunor of the Guest.
If an Afghan wishes to show particu
lar honor tc his guest, n portion of the
display is very likely to be made through
the medium of the carcass of some ser
vitor who is detailed for menial service.
The bead farrash is expected to honoi
his master’s guest by ostentatiously
flogging his unfortunate underling round
with a stick to hurry him up. A travelei
says of one incident there: “The far
rash's role in the programme was to
chase the servitor who waited on mt
round and rain blows on him with a
long iron kabob skewer, and the servi
tor’s duty was to receive the castigation
with as good grace as possible. The
servitor was as wild and almost as ugly
as a gorilla, and his idea of good grace
was to scurry about ahead of the far
rash, make frantic rushes at the work of
preparation, aud howl loudly whenever
the kabob skewer fell across his shoul
ders.”— Chatter.
The Hermet Poet.
Joaquin Miller has become so great a
recluse that he refuses to see visitors at
at his Fort Hill home, back of Oakland,
Cal., and he seldom comes over to San
Francisco. The poet's habits are pecu
liar. lie does all his literary work in the
morning, writing in bed until noon.wheu
doffs hii nightgown, dresses, and spends
the afternoon in cultivating the trees on
his tifty-arcre ranch or in long walks.
He has three cottages. He lives in one,
his mother in another, and his wife and
daughter, who are now visiting him, oc
cupy the third. Joaquin believes that a
man should not be familiar even with his
own family, and he meets them in com
mon only at the table. From his house
one gets a superb view of San Francisco
and the Golden Gate.— Neva York
Tribune.
A Novel Orchestra.
Mrs. John G. Curtis, of New York
city, is the founder of one of the most
remarkable orchestras in existence. It
is composed of men, women and chib*
drea of musical ability, gathered from
poor families, who pay a very small fee
for the instruction Mrs. Curtis provides.
Theodore John, formerly conductor of
the orchestra of Freiburg, Germany, has
had charge of the amateurs for the last
three years and under his excellent in
struction and the inspiration of the fair
patroness several of the pupils have been
able to fill positions in professional
orchestras. Mrs. Curtis has used her
drawing-room aud hall in East Thirty
fifth street for and here, too,
her proteges have played to fashionabtr
companies for charity. —Chicago Post.
Large deposits of phosphate of lime
have been discovered in Algeria, Africa,
to the west of Oran.
Petition for Ckarttr<
GEORGIA, Bartow County.
To the Superior Court of said count/: The p*
tltioiwf A. 0. Granger, JosapU M. Gatiajn and
J Mu~ay Africa ehows that petitioners desire
to he incorporated and made a body politic and
corporate under the law* of the 9tate ofOeor
Kie, under the name, tty In and title of Etowah
Iron Company, forth# term of twenty year# from
this date, with the privilege of renewal at the
nd of that time.
2. That the objeote of said corporation are
pecuniary Rain to be mads by conducting th
businesses hereinafter specified, or some one or
mors of them,
3. That the particular businesses to be carried
on by said corporation are some one, or more;
or all of the following, as the corporation to be
hereby created umy in its pleasure determine:—
A. The purchasing, leasing and owning, and
the mortgaging, leasing and selling of mlusral
and other lands.
H. The mining, quarrying, boring for, using,
preparing for market, selling and purchasing
Iron ore, manganese ore, coal, oil, marble,
granite, sandstone, ochre and any other min
erals, metals, earths, gases or substances.
C. The building, fining and operating of rail
roads, tracks, switches, tramways, roadways,
cnuals, races, sluices and other ways and Con
nections therewith, to and from Its mines and
manufacturing establishments and other works,
and the construction of railroads and other
works, public or private,
P, The manufacturing, selling and using of
Iron, steel and other metals and coke.
K. The erection, operation and maintenance
of furnaces, foundries, machine shops, rolling
mills, factories and any other establishments
necessary for the utilisation, directly or indi
rectly, of raw material obtained from any of the
property owned, leased or otherwise held, or of
material that may be purchased or acquired by
said corporation.
F. The manufacture of any articles of metal,
wood or other materials or combination of any
two or more ipaterlal*. and the carrying on of
any other business properly coming within tht
definition of a factory,
0. The selling and disposal of any the of
products of its works and factories in such way
us It may deem best.
li. The buying and selling of goods, wares
and merchandise, In any form or kind, at whole
sale or retail.
I. The purchasing, using, selling and dispos
ing of such pateut rights as It may deem useful
in Its business.
J. The buying, selling, leasing, renting, mort
gaging, exchanging, owning, holding and Im
proving any real estate, subdividing the same
into lots or tracts of such size ns said cor
poration may deem beet; erecting any buildings
or other Improvements, and also the laying out
and maintaining of any lakes, streets, walks,
drives, parks and highways thereon.
K The building and operating of stich water
works und gas works, electric light works, of
such other means of artitlclal lighting as It may
deem best, or electric works or other means or
agencies for supplying heat, light, power or all
or any two or more thereof, with the power aud
right to sell, distribute or otherwise use the pro
ducts of such works in any way it may deem
best.
L. The purchase, sale, hypothecation and con
trolof stocks, bonds, debentures, notes or any
other securities issued by incorporated com
panies or by national, state or municipal gov
ernments, business firms or Individuals, and the
holding and receiving the same with the right to
tnako such disposition thereof as a natural per
son could do.
M. The purchase, holding, leasing, selling and
operating any kind or kinds of property.
4. I‘etltioners pray that said corporation be
granted the following rights and powers:—
A. To sue and be sued: to have and use a
cotninoh seal ami make bv-laws binding upon
Its owii members not inconsistent with the lawi
of this State or of the United States, and to
alter, amend or rescind same rtf pleasure, and to
procure such amendment, of this Charter as may
be authorized by vote of two-thirds of Its capital
stock.
B. To receive donations by gift or will.
C. To mortgage, sell, encumber, alien and
convey (or either or any two or more jointly)
any or all of its rights, privileges, franchises, and
property, or to unite, merge or consolidate with
other corporations,
I). To borrow money and issue notes, drafts,
bills of exchange, bonds, and debentures, and to
secure the same by mortgage, deed or other con
veyance, either absolutely or In trust, upon any
of Its rights, privileges, franchisee, powers and
property at such time and on such credit and on
such terms as it may deem best.
K. To Issue capital stock, either preferred or
common or both, at any time or times, in any
sum ot* sums within the limit hereinafter prayed
td be allowed,
F. To deliver its capital stock or bonds (or
the securities In its possession of other corpora
tions) either for cash or in direct, payment for
any rights, privileges or franchisee, or for the
bbhds or stocks of any other corporations in of
out of the State of Georgia, or lor property of
any kind (without the necessity of first selling
its own stock or bonds or other securities in Its
possession for cash, and then with that cosh
purchasing the said securities or other proper
ty), with the further right to receive property of
any kind in payment of subscriptions to the
capital stock.
G. To endorse or guarantee the payment of
the interest or principal or both of the dhllga
tions of any corporation on a vote of two-thirds
of its capital stock.
5. Petitioners further pray that: —
A. The capital stock of said corporation be
$1,500,000 divided Into shares of the par value of
SIOO each.
B. That the same may be Increased at any
time or times by such ar. amount as may be de
termined by a vote of two-thirds of the capital
stork up to $lO G’H),(V)O.
U. That f en per cent, of said capital stock be
actually paid in, In p r op#rty or cash, as the snb
scribers to the capital stock may elect, before
said corporation shall commence to exercise the
privileges herein prayed for.
1). That no personal liability shall attach to
nny of the stockholders of said corporation
after the amount subscribed to the capital stock
has been paid, cither in cash or In property as
aforesaid.
6. Petitioners further prn.v that said corpora
tion he granted the right and power—
A. to contract with any person, persons,
Ann, corporation or any other prtrt.v. nowsoefer
fonnd existing, or that may hereafter ellst, to
build, construct, maintain or manage rthy work,
public or private, and supply orfurnish all need
ful material, labor,implements, Instruments and
fixtures of any ami every kind whatsoever on
such terms and conditions as may be agreed up
on between the parties respectively.
B. To own, possess, employ, sell and dispose
of vessels, boats, tugs or anj' other naval con
struction. with their appurtenances and the ma
chinery or power necessary fbr the propulsion or
navigation thereof, with the right to nse all nec
essary easements for loading, unloading, receiv
ing or delivering merchandise, materials or
things transported or to be transported iu said
vessels, boats, tugs or other structnres that may
be navigated by them.
0. To take measures or moans for the trans
portation, location and settlement of persons
and property upon Its lands, with the power to
construct roads over Its lauds, ahd with the
right to construct, erect, maintain and possess
any railway track, bridgos, tunnels and sidings
or other way, to and from its mines, quarries or
operations, over Its lands and the lands of other
persons to a connection or Junction with any
rallrosd or other way now existing or that may
hereafter exist.
I). To use the streams running through or
contiguous to Its lands for the purpose of trans
portation, Irrigation, the erecting aud operating
of a boom, or for any other proper purpose to
the extent necessary for that purpose, and to
empty muddy water and mud Into them, with
the right for such purposes to erect dams and
flumes and to build and construct aqueducts in,
through or near to said streams.
K. To erect, construct, own and maintain and
enjoy p bridge or bridges and ferries over
streams or rivers for its own uses and purposes,
with power In said corporation in it* discretion
to permit the use of said works by others with
right to demand tolls or payment therefor; and
to appropriate the streets and highways of the
State for the uses of said corporation whenever
necessary or beneficial to the successful conduct
of the business oT said corporation; to foster and
encourage any manufacturing or industrial en
terprise or any educational or religious institu
tion by donations of sites, buildings or money.
7. Petitioners farther pray that said corpora
tion’s place of doing business shall be Bartow
County, with the right and power to said cor
poration to carry on and operate any one or
more or all of the lines of business herein set
forth at such other place In Georgia or elsewhere
without the limit of said State as said corporation
may desire, and that the chief office of said cor
poration, the place of holding its annual
meetings, shall be in Bartow County, Ga , at or
near CartersviUe; but that it may ehauge its
name and establish or remove branch offices at
and from any plac-e within or beyond the limits
of said State, as it may find most expedient for
the purpose of enjoying the fullest benefit from
Its business.
8. Petitioners further pray that the right of
the State of Georgia to withdraw the franchises
herein grant* i i< expressly negatived, and that
said corporation te empowered to exercise any
act expedient or beaefldal_for the fullest enjoy
ment of any of Us power? or conducive to th*
success of any of Its undertakings
"JOHN W. AKIN.
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Filed in clerk’s office Bartow Superior Court
Julr 16. 1690. and recerdeo July 1, 1800, in book
T' of minutes, page 97. F. M. DUttHAM,
Clark.
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Letters of Dismission.
KORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY—Ordinary’.
I I office, CartersviUe. Ga., April, AO. 1
W bereas, John I*. Stegall, administrator de boni.
non of O. F. Vaughan represents to the court in
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Letters ef Dismission.
Cl EORGIA BARTOW COUNTY.—Ordinary’.
X Office, CartersviUe, Ga.. April I, 1880—W.
P. Whiteside, execator of Mary Porter, repre
sents that he has Billy discharged of his said
♦ rust, and prays for letters of dismission. This
is therefore to notify all persons couerned to
show cause If they can, on or before the first
Monday In August next, why said executor
should not be discharged from said trust.
O. W, HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
Notice to Creditors.
All persons having claims against the estate
of I.arktn. Satterfield, late of Bartow county,
Georgia, deceased, are hereby notified to sead in
the same to me as law requires.
JOE M. MOON.
may 29-fiw’s Adm’r estate Larkin Satterfield.
Letters of THsmlss’on.
GEORGIA, Bartow County:
Whereas. Thos, H. P well, ex* utor of R. C. C.
Powell represents to the court in his petition,
duly filed and entered on record, that he has
fully administered K. C. . Powell's estate. This
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why said executor should not be discharged
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miestoß on the first Monday in October.
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